Toby Connock

Director of Engineering

London, England, United Kingdom7 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in circular transformation for Fortune 500 brands.
Proven track record in project and stakeholder management.
Strong background in fashion PR and communications strategy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Circular Economy and Fashion PR expert with a focus on sustainability.

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Skills

Core Skills

Circularity StrategyProject ManagementBrand StrategyMedia Pitching

Other Skills

client managementstakeholder managementbusiness developmentbiddingevent organizationsample coordinationevent managementTeamworkResearchSocial MediaMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointCommunicationManaging Agency Relationships

About

The vast majority of my work consists of driving projects that implement circular transformation within fortune 500 consumer goods brands. Skills include: - In-depth expertise within circularity strategy across throughout material and product lifecycles - Well-developed project management and client/stakeholder management skills - Reactive & proactive business development and bidding skills Prior to joining Pentatonic, I worked as a Consultant at Eunomia - supporting the public and private sector in strategising how to implement policy and strategy to support circularity. I also worked at Rainbowwave PR, a Fashion PR & Communications firm, responsible for the creation and implementation of both long and short-term overarching communications strategies for designer brands to build and enhance their image within the UK and international markets. I hold a Master of Science in Biology and Chemistry within the Natural Sciences program from the University of Durham.

Experience

Pentatonic

3 roles

Director of Customer Solutions

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · On-site

circularity strategyproject managementclient managementstakeholder managementbusiness developmentbidding

Circularity Lead

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 · 11 mos · On-site

Circular Economy Consultant

Sep 2023 – Jul 2024 · 10 mos · On-site

Eunomia research & consulting

3 roles

Senior Consultant

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

Junior Consultant

Jul 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

Rainbowwave

4 roles

Senior PR Account Executive

Promoted

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019 · 3 mos

PR Account Executive

Mar 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

As an Account Executive, I currently work across five different clients for the agency, working on:
Supporting implementation of both short and long term brand strategies
Pitching news and media content to the Press to ensure consistent brand coverage
Engaging with members of the Press to build agency relationships
Organisation of and working at press events e.g. press days, client events, collaborative projects
Showroom scheduling
Intern mentoring

PR Account Assistant

Jul 2017 – Mar 2018 · 8 mos

Working directly with the Special Projects Director on one of the agency’s clients, Ienki Ienki, to launch the brand launch within the National and International press for 2017.
Other tasks included:
Coordination of all sample movement within the agency
Creation and pitching of multi-brand mailers to Press
Working client and agency events
General office management

Intern

Mar 2017 – Jun 2017 · 3 mos

A Fashion PR internship split between general showroom management and working directly on the various accounts the agency represents. Responsibilities included:
Facilitating sample movement between all major fashion publications – both nationally and internationally.
Assisting account executives on their day to day tasks, including content design to be sent to press; compiling pitch grids for brand placement; researching media and influencer contacts; and showroom organisation.
Working with the operations department during market for the wholesale agency, helping to ensure the smooth running of 600+ appointments with all buying departments for the top retailers worldwide.

Carnstone partners llp

Intern

Jul 2015 – Jul 2015 · 0 mo · London Area, United Kingdom

Work experience at an environmental consultancy firm, focussing on corporate responsibility and sustainability. This involved shadowing one of the partners and taking part in multiple projects ranging from supply chain management for sustainable paper sourcing, work on PSCI (pharmaceutical supply chain initiative) and data and information collation, for example producing a report concerning the UN climate summit in Paris for circulation amongst clients.